A man has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after a pylon collapsed where a new pole is being put in for an expressway.

A Waikato woman was arrested in October and accused of creating fake CVs so that Filipinos could work in New Zealand.

St John was required to send five ambulances to the scene.

A Tauranga man has been flown by rescue helicopter to Waikato Hospital, after his condition deteriorated rapidly following a motorcycle crash.

A Waikato crash has claimed a life this morning.

All Blacks debutant Anton Lienert-Brown says it was unreal to pull on the black jumper for the first time. The 21-year-old played

A hunter who suffered a heart attack was winched to safety from hill country near Raglan last night.

A 21-year-old man suffered a broken jaw and cut to his head this evening when he fell 9m from a tree while trying to recover a rugby ball.

Police divers will search lakes in the area where a Waikato woman was reported missing.

James Rolleston still in intensive care at Waikato Hospital.

The slaughterman whose cruel mistreatment of bobby calves was caught on camera has avoided jail.

The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to the Hakarimata Summit Track around 1 pm after the teenager tripped and fell while going down the steps.

Tainui Group Holdings last week announced it was seeking expressions of interest from a range of world class port operators for Ruakura

Two children who sparked a major police search after they stole away from a Tuakau home in the dead of night are now believed safe with family.

A car containing five people slid off a wet Waikato road and crashed into a rural fence and power pole.

A motorist on the way to a funeral has been caught doing nearly 160 km/h on a Waikato highway.

There's intrigue in the bushes at Zealong estate, and the owners will not give up their secrets easily, learns Tim Roxborogh.

Unwatched pot bursts into flames but family safe after smoke alarm warning.

Two people have been injured, one critically, in a two-car crash in the Waikato tonight.

Man injured in early-morning crash.

Nick Marshall's shocked partner has come out swinging against police after officers shot him dead during an armed raid.

A 19-year-old woman who died when her farm bike was struck by a ute has been named by police.

Elisabeth Easther explores the charms of a sleepy settlement.

Two children were flown to Waikato Hospital yesterday after sustaining facial injuries in separate incidents.

After rugby training, teen Dylan Fynn came home, downed his nachos and calmly announced at the family dinner table: "I nearly died today."

A man has died after coming off his motorcycle in Waikato this morning.

A Waikato school has been abruptly closed for the day today after receiving a "physical threat".

One in three motorists will drive further to buy cheaper fuel, according to a nationwide survey of our service station habits.

A man brandishing a metal hammer attacked a woman inside her car after she stopped on the side of the road to adjust her radio, police say.

A logging truck's trailer has rolled in Waikato, sending logs sprawling across both lanes.